Non-refillable bottle.



S. SCHIFF.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.13, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

.NoN-R FILLABLE BOTTLE.

PatentedMay as, rare.

Application filed. J anuary'13, 1915. Serial No. 1,899.

To all whom it may concern subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain" new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to a bottle-refill preventer and has for a main object to provide such a refill preventer which will automatically look when it is attempted" to refill the same even when the pressure inside the bottle has been reduced.

Still another object of the invention'is to provide a refill device which will not require any jolting whatever to open the same for pour ng.

Among the particular objectsof this invention it is aimed to provide a valve for a refill preventer which is light enough to be affected by the rise of liquid such as whisky and the like beverages, and yet not flow on top of such liquid, andon the other hand'be' sensitive to the movement of a Weight; a weight for actuating 'ajval ve hich is tilt ably supported with its weighted end resting against the valve; a refill preventer device in which the capillary action of the flow of liquid will with a tiltable weight to actuate 'a valve into will become apparent from tion. Fig. 2

These and other features, advantages of the invention the subj oi-ned de-' tailed description of one specific embodiment closed position. capabilities and thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which'.

Figure 1 is an axial section of a bottle neck-when the bottle is in" erect position, showing the refill preventer' in closed posiis a view similar to Fig.1 showing the refill preventer in open position when the ing downward. Fig.3 is a similar'view to Fig. 1 showing the bottle inhorizontal poillustrating the respective positions of the elements of the refill preventer whenthe bottle is in such horizontal position. Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 1 in which the bottle is turned upsidedownythe pressure has been reduced and the inrushing liquid has locked the valvel Fig. 5 is' a transverse section along the line 5- -5iof Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan viewshowmg oneform of-ljocking means for locking the refill pre 1, SIGMUND Sonrrr, a

cooperate with the ribs formed in the inside of a bottle neck and combine hesion surface and serves polished surface 11 of the valve 12 which is bottle is tilted with its neck pointmember 16, and the cork member being of cylindrical conformation and of less diameter than the outside diameter of the buttons.

venter in the bottle neck. Fig. 7 is an axial section of a bottle neck similar to Fig. 1 with the refill preventer removed. Fig. 8 is a fragmental-view of the mouth of a. bottle showing another form of locking means for locking the refill preventer in the bottle neck. r

In the embodiment shown, a bottle neck 1 is provided with an annular recess 2 at the lower end of such bottle neck having its outer end 3 of less diameter than the bottom of the recess which is adjacent the inner end of'the recess. The inside of the bottleneck is provided with circular ribs 4 and disposed between and extending from one circular rib to another circular rib are axially extending ribs 5 (Fig. 7): When the locking means illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 6 are used, there is provided an annular recess 6 near 1 the outer or upper end of a bottle neck. At

seat 8 preferably composed of a collar 9 having an annular rabbet 10 in which is positioned'a washer 37 of a composition such as cork, this washer 37 being of greater diameter in the present instance than the diameter of the collar 9 so that when the seat is forced into position in the rabbet '2, the cork washer '37 will be at the inner end of the valve seat and due to the narrow outer portion 3 of the recess 2, will lock such collar in position.

The outer surface of the collar 9 is preferably polished to form an adto engage the preferably composed of two buttons 13, 13,

eachhaving a short stem l l'centrally dis- T posed thereof to engage in a central opening 15 formed in a cork member 16, one button being positioned at each end of such cork 'The button 13 which is disposed nearer the mouth of the bottle is preferably of less diameter than the button 13 which is disposed in the inner end of the bottle neck so that when the bottle is disposed in a horizontal'position, the valve 12 will be disposed in an inclined position as shown in Fig. 3. The outer surface of the outer button 13 is preferably 'plane'against which the convex "such weighted member'18 comprisingacylindrical portion ltlterminating at one end in the convex surface 17 aridhavinQg formed I on-its other'end an outwardly extending an nular portion 20 of greater diameter'than' such cylindrical portion 19 and'havingon" its outward extending; face in a'circulai' line a series of teeth21 disposed adjacenttothe;

'7 vsurface 17 of the-Weighted member 18 coacfts,

outer periphery of such annular member 20.-

)Thiswei'ghted member 18 is preferably'so. formed that the: end adjacent to-the convex surface 17 is weighted so that, when in a i horizontal position of the bottle,the weighted;member 18 will be supported on the annular member 20 and tiltin an "inward d1- rection due to such adjacent end.

' and an-annular rim 24 adjacent to its outer '25 throu gh is extendedto form a lip 25;- In

' and abutting against the annular member 22 "Infthe modified form oflocking mean-s end while the outer end of such cylindrical member surrounding the opening therethe annular recess 23, there is provided a formed in the bottle neck. In the rabbet 7, formed on the outer end of the bottle neck of the cylindrical member 30, there is provided another cork washer 27.

shown in Fig. 8, the outer end ofthe bottle neckis provided with the usualifornrof annular recess 28 on the outer wall of the neck,'and a conical recess 29 on the outer end of the inside of the bottleneck, the

' outer wall of the bottle neck beginning, at

the recess 28and being rounded to forman annular bead 34: at the. month end vof the bottle neck; In this form of locking means,

' an annular rim 31 at one end tl1ereof,-.'fro'm which end there extends an annular lipf32' formed around the opening through such erably. composed of glass. I

- between the two members would be so slight spring 26 '(see Fig. 6) which spring when the cylindricalmember. is moved into .posi tioncwill" snap into the annular recessb.

is, desirable; ,for the operation aforemen-i tioned andalsothat the 7 should be almost central. 1 I

The jQPeration of the two mod b r is 3n thecynadran members22 andf; '30 of "Fig;l 'lfi'and 8"respectively are p'ref r 'The inner end of theWeightedmember'lS 1 is provided with the convex" surface 171Of7o as topi'esent the smallest adhesion'. surface possible to;-the outer end of thefbutton-13 "adjacent thereto, it being obvious, that with a, rounded convex, surface only one point" would contact with a plane surface at anyi one time," and thus the frictional resistance H v as tofacilitatea comparativelyfree sliding 5 .movement'between the two members which 1 801 action of the weight 1 fica ions is substantially identical and thereforeit will sufiicef merely to' describe that of the modi fication' illustrated in' Fig.1 whichis as followsj: When the bottleisin upright or erect position, the weighted'member-i 18 will rest? bottle is closed, as showninFig. 1. When it is sought tojpour out-liquidfroni thebotn the valve 12 and the valve 12 on if ;,-valve seat 8, in which position the opening;

through the collar 9 g and therefore to, Lthe Yr tle, and the bo isf i t d-i shown in .Fig. ;2,- thefweighted memberf l8 and valve 12' still incontact with one another will t o-r V -gether travelea'wayl from the valve seat '8 until the weighted member strikesand rests- -p i against the cylindrical member 22.: In this. 3 1 position of the weighted member and ;axially"fextending-ribs 5 and the space formed between the buttons '13 on the outer V wall; of the pork member 16 and through the space formed-on the weighted? member 18jbetw'een the adjacent button13 and the annular portion 20 of the weighted member a cylindrical member 30 is inserted having;

cylindrical member 30. The annular. rim 1 '31 isof greater diameter than the opening with the neck of the bottle, When thegcylindrical member-is inserted in place, the r lip-32 is positioned at the outer end of the member -30, w,hile the air, to displace the liquid being poured fromsuch bottle, will,

valve 12,-the liquidas shown by the-arrows 1 35 will travel under the valve l 2--./ .'andg weightedmember18', inwhich travel it will pass j through' the grooves formed by' the f 18,'-then, through the spaces. formed between a.

; travel through similar passages in arevers'e bottle neck, and in the conical recess 29 and I. abutting against the annular. rim 31 is positioned a washer 33 preferably composed of cork. Then there is spun around the annular-bead 34 a metal collar 35 having one of its annular edges lapping over the'annular rim 31 and the other ofits annular edges bent-into and located in the annular recess 28.

The collar 9 of the valve seat 8, the buttons; 13 of the valve1 2,the weighted memdirection, above. the weighted member-1 18,,"

and valve 12, as shown by the. arrowsl'36; ;At anyv position of the. bottlewhen the bottle c neckwere inclined above ahorizonta'l plane}: the coiiperation of the weighted memberl ,18 and the Valve 12, and even the valve 12' V alone would act-to close thebottlea f f When the bottle isshifted.fromerect poi sitionto the horizontal position showntin k 'Fig. 3,;in the attempt to refill the -bottle," -when the air has been evacuated -fromithefi; insideof, thebottle or not,ithe valve re-l2.,l cd u'el xto the smaller-diameter of the outer button-L f V th n e nne lttq 73 r ould p ei T130 the tilting of the valve 12 downward'in an outward'direction. The advantagederived by this arrangement is'that the relative lower end of the inner vbutton 13 would I always be first in contact with the valve seat 8, and thus even if there were irregularities in the fit between the valve 12 and valve seat 8, this would not affect the operahood of improper closure would occur.

lVhen the lower portion of the valve 12 is a so contacting with the lower portion of the 'GIS valve seat 8, the space left open above would be considerably slight for a short distance and at any rate too small for a drop of' liquid to ooze through when the pressure inside of the bottle is equal to that outside. When the liquid that is being attempted to be filled into the bottle is poured into the neck, it would first rise to a considerable level in such bottle neck before it would rise to the level where the space between the valve 12 and valve seat 8 were large enough to permit ingress of such liquid, but as soon as the level of liquid starts to rise a certain distance, and this in practice has been found, due to capillary action and adhesion, to be a distance substantially one-half of the diameter of the bottle neck, the valve would thereby be raised, and theweighted member 18 acting on its outer end would then cooperate with the raising force of the liquid to tilt the valve 12 inward snugly against the valve seat 8. It will be seen that the inner button 13 being of substantially the same diameter as the smaller diameter of-the bottle neck could not rise and therefore only the outer button could rise which is desirable to tilt the valve 12 into closing position.

In all positions which are similar to that shown in Fig. 2, the air inside the bottle would prevent the liquid ,to enter even if the valve were open. If I incline the bottle opposite to the position shown in Fig. 2, that is, below the horizontal with the neck pointing upwardly, whether the air be evacuated from the inside of the bottle or not, the weight of the weighted member 18 and the weight of the valve 12 would cooperate with the capillary action of the liquid to move the valve to its seat.

When the bottle is in erect position as shown in Figure 1, whether the air were evacuated from the inside'of the bottle or not, the weight of the refill preventer elements will operate to lock the valve. However, when the air isevacuated from the inside of the bottle, and the bottle is disposed in the position illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, then the inrushing liquid will lift the valve to its seat and the capillary action will reduce the pressure of the inrushing liquid so that the pressure on the outer end of the valve will be greater than the pressure the presentinvention serve as guides for the valve 12 and weighted member 18, and pere mit the supporting points to be considerably spaced from one another so as to decrease the tilting tendency of the valve to produce a commercially floating valve. These ribs 5 take the place of the ribs 12 formed on the valve in my prior application, Serial No. 749,086, filed February 18, 1913.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In combination with a bottle having a bottle neck, there being axially extending ribs formed in said bottle neck, a bottlerefill preventing device comprising a valve seat, and a valve tiltably mounted in said bottle neck so that its relative lower end will initially engage the relative lower end of the valve seat when said bottle is in a substantially horizontal position, the inner end of said valve being substantially of the diameter of an imaginary circle that may be described to engage the inner peripheries of the'axialribs and supported by Said ribs of said bottle, the outer end of said valve being of smaller diameter than the inner end so that the valve will tilt into open position when the bottle is moved sufli'ciently out of a vertical position, said ribs permitting the passage of liquid between them when said valve is unseated, the valve being sufiiciently light so that, upon the entrance of liquid, the outer end will be raised to closing position, the inner end being prevented from being raised by the ribs.

2. In combination with a bottle neck, a bottle-refill preventing device comprising a valve seat, a valve tiltably disposed in said bottle neck, so that its relative lower end will initially engage the relative lower end of the valve seat, said valve being slightly lighter than the liquid for which it is to be used, but sufficiently sensitive to the rise of liquid, and a weighted member to cooperate with the raising force of the liquid to tilt said valve into closing position, the valve moving into closing position when tilted upward by the influx of liquid, the inner end of said valve being anchored against rising with the liquid, but the outer end of said valve being free to rise so that the valve will tilt about said inner end when raised into a closing position.

3. In combination with a bottle neck, a

bottle-refill preventing device comprising a ,valve seat, a valve tiltably mounted in said said bottle seat, said valve comprising a ill) ' [Copies of thil patent inay be obtained 16:

floating portion, and a button securedr to,

each end of'said floating portion, saidbuttons having annularly extending portiens 0n \VhiCh the' valve rests when the bet'tle is in, horizontalrposition, the annularrportion of" ,,the inner button being of greater; diameter [than the annular 'portion' of the enter button and anchored against being raisedWith the influX of liqnid b ut the uter'button being free to rise so that the valver' will ti-lt about said larger annular portion and'be actuated into closing position.

4. In a non-refillablehott1e,:.a"deviee com- .pri ien i n en and an ei t ikt inner end being adapted to seaten'said by the influx ofliquid, thesollteri-endibeihg free to rise so" that the valve wil ll tilt .aboiit thel'inner end with the influx; qfliquidto close the bottle- 7 Y @JW fn s L -r v GUSTAV 'DREWS, 1

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